Increasing Al-Qur'an Literacy Through Community Based Research

The low ability of the community in Asam Jawa village, Torgamba sub-district, Labuhan Batu Selatan district in terms of reading the Al-Qur'an. Recitation of the Qur'an that is not in accordance with the place where the letters come out ( makharijul letters) and the laws of tajwid. Then do not understand the meaning or interpretation of what is read from the Qur'an. The above has encouraged KKNT( Kuliah Kerja Nyata Tematik ) Students to channel the knowledge learned to the community through Thematic Community Service activities. The KKNT activities carried out are an effort to increase Al-Qur'an literacy among mothers and children by introducing hijaiyyah letters, makhraj letters and increasing understanding of the Qur'an. KKNT is held in the month of Ramadan to take advantage of the momentum of Ramadan when the majority of Muslims are enthusiastic about worshipping and studying the Qur'an. The KKNT method used to achieve the expected goals uses the Community Based Research (CBR) method. This method has four stages: laying basic principles, research planning, data collection and analysis, and action on findings. The results of this activity show that the quality of reading the Qur'an among children is still low due to their lack of basic knowledge and their lack of discipline in participating in existing activities. As for mothers, there were significant results in improving their reading skills and comprehension. This is supported by enthusiasm, high motivation to learn, and discipline in following the study. It can be concluded that adult students who are active and have basic knowledge find it easier and faster to understand the lessons being delivered.


Introduction
Islam is a perfect religion. Religion brought by the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu'alaihi wasallam. As the last religion perfect the previous religions. The source of the teachings of Islam itself is the Al-Qur'an and Sunnah. Al-Qur'an is the holy book of Muslims which will continue to exist until the day of Judgment. Al-Qur'an is the word of Allah Subhanahu wata'ala which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Jibril Alaihissalam to be read, understood, and practiced, which serves as a guide for human life, 1 and a differentiator between right and wrong. The Qur'an is a mukjizat revealed to the Prophet Muhammad that will last forever. 2 Al-Qur'an is the guidance of life for Muslims. Therefore, reading and studying the Qur'an is an obligation and a must for Muslims. Islam greatly appreciates anyone from its people who wants to study and teach the knowledge of the Qur'an, the Prophet said: 'Uthmān reported God's messenger as saying, "The best among you is he who learns and teaches the Qur'ān." "Sebaik-baik kamu adalah yang membaca Al-Qur'andan mengajarkannya" 3 Allah will reward anyone who reads the Qur'an even though it is still stammering. Rasulullah said: reported God's messenger as saying, "One who is skilled in the Qur'ān is associated with the noble, upright recording angels; and he who falters when reciting the Qur'ān and finds it difficult for him will have a double reward." 4 The Qur'an was revealed only for a noble purpose, namely as a lesson and law. Thus, the ability to read the Qur'an is a basis for understanding the meaning and laws contained in the Qur'an. Thus, the provision of knowledge of Al-Qur'an reading skills needs to be given to children at the earliest possible age. Thus, when children grow up, they no longer learn how to read the Qur'an, but they understand and practice the contents of the Qur'an properly and correctly. One form of one's awareness of religious values is the existence of Al-Qur'an literacy. Literacy is the habit of reading and writing to produce critical and creative thinking skills to filter and assess information. 5 Al-Qur'an literacy is the ability to read, write, and listen to the Qur'an. The ability to read the Qur'an begins with one's introduction to hijaiyyah letters. 6 Therefore Learning and knowing hijaiyyah letters is something significant. After that, one must be able to read the Qur'an in accordance with the laws of tajwid and makhraj. Literacy activities in society, especially among children and adults, can raise their interest and awareness to study the Qur'an, a Muslim life guideline. Al-Qur'an literacy can lead to their reading culture so that they can deepen their religious knowledge and increase their faith and devotion to Allah. With Al-Qur'an literacy, the quality of people's Al-Qur'an reading can increase and can resolve problems of moral crisis and bad character can be resolved. By understanding the meaning contained in the Qur'an, one can live life in accordance with the provisions and guidelines that Allah has sent down for humankind, especially Muslims. Because of the importance of spreading the knowledge of the Qur'an and Islamic da'wah in general, we carried out the STAI As-sunnah KKNT program in Asam Jawa village, Torgamba sub-district, Labuhan Batu Selatan district. KKNT is a community service program carried out by college students to the community. The KKNT program aims to enable students to apply science and technology, and skills in society to become agents of revolution and sustainable development. 7 This KKNT activity also trains female students to become professional teacher candidates because professional educators should have a sense of community service. 8 This KKNT program will increase Al-Qur'an literacy among mothers and children in this village. This is due to the lack of public understanding of reading the Qur'an. People just read without understanding the place where the letters of the Qur'an come out (not understanding Tahsin). Then without understanding the meaning of the reading of the Qur'an and also the problems related to Islamic law. One of the reasons for this is the lack of hours of religious lessons in formal schools, which results in a lack of Al-Qur'an lessons. 9 We targeted places that were very underdeveloped and had no (low) understanding of religion. There have been many community service activities to improve the ability to read and write the Al-Qur'an. Among them are those carried out by Adiva Syaifullah, Farah Maulida Rahmah, Fathatus Salamah, and Triana Srisantyorini with the theme Application of Tajwid Science in Al-Qur'an Learning to Develop Al-Qur'an Reading. The result is that the orphans know more about the science of recitation and excellent and correct reading when reading the Qur'an. 10 Istikhariyah Muin also carried out other similar activities with the theme of the Islamic literacy movement through the da'wah and tarbiyah programs. Even though the theme is more general, there are also activities to improve Al-Qur'an reading and writing skills through Al-Qur'an Tahsin activities. 11 The researcher raised this title from the aforementioned related studies as a new study that discusses explicitly deeper Al-Qur'an literacy. So there is a novelty in terms of Al-Qur'an literacy. This study will focus on the ability of the community in Al-Qur'an literacy. The KKNT method used to achieve the expected goals is to use the Community Based Research (CBR) method. Community Base Research is research with a collaborative pattern between the community and the world of action-oriented higher education with service learning to support social movements to realize social justice. This CBR is included in the action research model family, which involves the community in conducting research, not just designing models formulated by researchers as academics. 12 This method has four stages: laying basic principles, research planning, data collection and analysis, and action on findings. 13 This method is carried out because the servant plays a major role with the community and stakeholders in planning, implementing, and evaluating. The purpose of this research is for people to understand what Al-Qur'an literacy is. The hope is that people, especially Muslims, can read, write, and memorize the Al-Qur'an. This study is also intended for people involved in the academic world to be able to make this study a state of the art review. This study is also aimed at those who study Al-Qur'an studies as reference material related to Al-Qur'an literacy. Finally, to find out how far Al-Qur'an literacy contributes to Muslim society.

Result and Discussion
This KKNT activity is carried out for three weeks in the month of Ramadan, which starts from 1 Ramadhan to 20 Ramadhan 1444 H, which coincides with March 23 to April 11, 2023, M. This KKN activity is carried out in Sumberjo Hamlet, Asam Jawa Village, Torgamba District, Labuhan Batu Regency South, Pinang City, North Sumatra to be precise in the market I and market IIIB. Programs carried out in an effort to strengthen Al-Qur'an literacy include Tahsin of the Qur'an, recitation studies, and interpretation studies. The strategy applied is through strengthening motivation towards the Al-Qur'an, getting used to reading the Al-Qur'an, teaching the laws of tajwid and makharijul letters, and correcting mistakes in reading the Al-Qur'an and with competitions. The people in that location have several religious beliefs, including Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, and Christianity, the majority of people adhere to Islam, with a total population of 18,284 people. The details of the population based on religious beliefs as of March 27, 2023, are as follows: This KKNT activity is centered on mothers and children. The activities carried out are: Tahsin study, a study of recitation, a study of interpretation and continued with Tahsin of the Qur'an among mothers, which is carried out every day in the morning at 10.00-12.00 AM, and for children, it is carried out every day at 2.00-3.30 PM. The model for implementing community service activities in our KKNT activities is the CBR (Community Based Research) model, where we involve the community or community in the entire research process. 15 Our KKNT activities consist of several cycles. Each cycle lasts eight days. The first cycle for mothers consists of several activities, which include opening and introducing, studying the manners of reading the Al-Qur'an, studying tahsin, and studying interpretation and evaluation. As for children, it includes opening and introducing, studying the manners of reading the Qur'an, memorizing daily prayers, and studying Al-Qur'an tahsin. The second cycle among mothers includes Learning Tahsin Al-Qur'an, interpretation studies, competitions, and closing. As for children, it consists of studying daily manners, tahfiz of surah an-Naba`-surah al-Insyiqaq, competitions, and closings. The following is a table of activities in cycle I and cycle II:

KKNT Participants
The following details the activities carried out in the KKNT activities: Learning Tahsin Al-Qur'an This program is one of the core programs in KKNT activities. Referring to the KKNT theme, this activity is the most urgent activity. This activity is intended not only for children but also for mothers. The purpose of this activity is held so that mothers and children can read the Qur'an in accordance with the correct tajwid and makharijul letters.
Picture 1: Children's Tahsin Learning Picture 2: Mothers' Tahsin Learning Tahfiz juz 30 This program applies to children who live in Market 1. It starts in the second cycle, namely on Saturday, April 1, 2023, until Thursday, which coincides with April 6, 2023. The quantity of memorization is targeted to surah al-fajr, but their achievements are only up to sura al -insyiqa`. This activity was carried out to motivate them to memorize the Al-Qur'an from an early age.

Picture 3: Tahfiz juz 30
Interpretation study The background of this program was carried out departing from the theme of our activities, namely efforts to increase Al-Qur'an literacy among mothers and children. This activity is only devoted to mothers. The aim of this program, among other things, is for mothers to understand the Qur'an as the righteous Salaf understands it. The surahs studied include surahs al-fatihah, alikhlash, al-falaq, an-naas, al-qadr, and al-ma'un. Picture 4: Kajian tafsir Interpretation study Competitions The competitions held during the KKNT activities took place in 5 branches, namely the tartil musabaqah for mothers, which 15 participants attended, the tartil musabaqah for children, as many as 14 participants, the call to prayer, which 14 participants attended, tahfiz musabaqah which 5 participants attended, and 18 participants memorized daily prayers. The competitions above will be held simultaneously on April 7, 2023. Furthermore, April 9, 2023, is the day of announcing the competition and distributing prizes, and closing the KKNT event.

Picture 7: Announcement and Closing
The results of the evaluation in the first cycle can be known from the following table; Mothers know the hijaiyah letters that come out of the lips (syafatain) 80%

5
Mothers know the hijaiyah letters that come out of the mouth 80%

6
Mothers know the law of reading idzhar 80% 7 Mothers know the law of reading idghom Bilagunnah 80% 8 Mothers know the direction of reading idghom bigunnah 80%

10
Mothers understand the meaning of the interpretation of the letter al-Fatihah 80%

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Mothers know and understand the meaning of the interpretation of the letter al-Ikhlas, the interpretation of the surah al-Falaq and the interpretation of the letter an-Naas

80%
13 Mothers know the function of the revelation of the Qur'an 80% 14 Mothers can improve the quality of reading the Qur'an 70%

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Mothers are more enthusiastic about Learning Al-Qur'an Tahsin and reading it 80% From the table above, it can be concluded that the target on the activities of mothers in cycle I was met. The children memorized the prayers read and given by the KKN participants 60%

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Children can know and practice the correct way of pronouncing letters according to their makhraj places 50% 6 The children are excited to learn 50% 7 Children know and can practice Muslim adab everyday 70% 8 Children know the law of tajwid in reading the Qur'an 30%

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The children memorized short surahs from juz 30 and deposited them 70% The table above shows that the achievement targets for children have not been met. This is due to their lack of basic knowledge in reading the Qur'an, so we apply Learning from the basics, not from a predetermined target schedule. In addition, it is also due to the lack of consistency in their presence in participating in activities. While the results of the evaluation in cycle II are as follows: Children can improve their quality in reading the Al-Qur'an and iqro' 50% 2 Children read the Qur'an properly and correctly 40% 3 Children know the law of tajwid in reading the Qur'an 30%

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The children memorize short letters from juz 30 and submit them 70% According to the table above, can be known that the quality of children's reading of the Qur'an is still far from expectations. This is due to their lack of basic knowledge in reading the Qur'an, so we apply Learning from the basics, not from a predetermined target schedule. Apart from that, it was also caused by their lack of discipline in participating in activities, and it took more than two weeks to improve the quality of reading the Qur'an. So, teachers in the Al-Qur'an community should be motivated to increase their willingness to learn to achieve the quality of Al-Qur'an literacy. Then, teachers should pay more attention to recitation and makharijul letters in children's Al-Qur'an literacy which is still far from what is expected. Thank you to all STAI As-Sunnah and Ar-risalah Al-Khairiyyah Foundation who have contributed to the implementation of the KKNT and the publication of the article.

Conclusion
KKNT activities found low understanding of the community in Asam Jawa village, Torgamba sub-district, in Labuhan Batu Selatan district in understanding the recitation laws, reciting verses of the Qur'an that do not match the place where the letters appear and do not understand the meaning or interpretation of anything which is read. The evaluation results stated that children's quality of reading the Qur'an was low due to their lack of basic knowledge and not applying it when reading iqra/Al-Qur'an. Apart from that, it is also caused by the lack of discipline of the children in attending the activities that have been arranged so that teaching is not optimally achieved. Another factor is the lack of parental support and the fasting atmosphere of Ramadan, which makes them take many naps, namely during the hours of carrying out activities. However, the results of this KKNT at least provide new experiences for the children and make the orphanages know more about what recitation is and good and correct reading when reading the Qur'an. As for mothers, the evaluation results stated that each activity indicator was fulfilled. There are significant results in the achievement of each of the indicators. The mothers who participated in the KKNT program were increasingly enthusiastic about studying Islam, especially regarding reading the Qur'an and understanding its meaning. This happens because mothers already have basic knowledge of recitation and maturity in thinking. It was suggested to the Al-Qur'an community in the village to teach the local children and mothers extra. They are continuing from what we have compiled. Because it has been proven that the teaching methods we use are effective so that activity indicators can be achieved. There is an increase in evaluation results among mothers.